Two-wheeled vehicle



(No Model.)

0. W. NOYES.

TWO WHEELED VEHICLE. No. 356,494. Patented Jan. 25, 1887.

N-PETERS. Phalo-lilhogmphcr, Washington, 01E.

Darren IATES CHARLES IV. NOYES, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

TWO-*WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,494=, dated January 25, 1887.

Application tiled September 17, 1886. Serial No. 213,774. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. NoYns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Pole- Oart, of which the. following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of twowheeled vehicles having a body suspended or supported over the axle.

It has for its object a peculiar construction, below described and claimed, whereby the vehicle is provided with a pole for using two horses.

In the drawings formingapart of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation, one wheel being removed; Fig. 2, a plan View with re hiclebody removed. Fig. 3 shows enlarged broken details, below described, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged side view of the tongue or pole support, showing a change from Fig. 1.

Referring to the letters of reference marked on the drawings, the body B, with seat s, is pivotally attached to the pole-support D at c h, and supported by spring I) and hangers a a at 6, much the same as these'parts have been associated with thills, which have heretofore occupied the place of the side bars of the polesupport D, attached at rear end to axle E.

In this application I make no especial claim to the particular way the body or seat-support may be attached to, suppbrted by, or suspended from the pole or pole-support.

The pole support is bent, and is something the shape of a widened letter U, the free ends being attached to the axle, and thus surrounding the front and sides of the body, Figs. 1 and 2.

The pole O is attached to the front side or bow of the pole support D. From thence the pole extends to the rearward and branches both ways laterally, as at a, the free end of said branches at a being attached on each side to the pole support. The pole is thus supported andbraced against vertical and lateral strain, and the pole-support forms a convenient and safe support and protection for the body, of whatever style suitable may be employed.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown how the polesupport D may be trussed by employing another bar, D, like the bar D, and shouldered bolts or studs 1', between the bars at suitable intervals, securing said bars separated from each other and parallel with each other, or approximately so. Fig. 4 shows one side and a part of the front bow, and the broken Fig. 3 shows the central portion of the bow or front side of the polesupport when trussed at the point where the pole is attached.

, I deem the trussing of the pole-support, either all around, as here shown, or only in front, very important, in View of additional strength and convenience in the attachment of the pole.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a vehicle, the tonguesupport composed of two U form parallel bars, one above the other and. continuous from their attachment at one end of the axle to their attachment at the other end of the axle, and a series of trussing-studs between the bars, in combination with a tongue passed between the bars at the front and secured thereto, branching from thence rearwardly and laterally and secured to the sides of the support, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the vehicleaxle, of the bowed tongue-support and a tongue or pole attached to the front side of the support, thence extending rearwardly and branching both ways in a lateral curve integral with the tongue, the free ends of the branches being attached to the sides of the pole-support, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a two-wheeled vehicle-axle and suspended body, of a trussed tonguesupport surrounding the sides and front of the body, and a tongue attached to the support, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. NOYES.

Witnesses:

JosEPH A. FRANKLIN, EDWARD VROEGINDEWIZ. 

